Ken and I had a "date night" tonight, and Emily had her first
(non-family) babysitter, our friends' daughter Jordyn.
By all accounts, they had a terrific time!
We had a good time, too. We went to see the new Spiderman flick,
and then had Indian food for dinner - YUMM-O!
Nana Jo came for a visit last weekend, and she and Emily had lots to talk about!
I didn't catch what they were saying, but it sure must've been interesting...
We went to the Lubbock Arts Festival yesterday, and took Emmie with us - we thought we'd take her to see all the pretty things. Turned out, she was the prettiest thing there! All the vendors whose booths we stopped to look at just couldn't get enough of the baby...there was oooh-ing and ahhh-ing that could have rivaled a taping of Wheel Of Fortune!
And how did Emily like her place in the spotlight? Did the admiration of the multitudes go to her head? What did she think of all the attention lavished on her by a throng of adoring fans?
She didn't have a clue. She slept through the whole thing!
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But she was also the hit of the nursery at church this morning, and she was awake for that, and smiling at everyone, like the little charmer she knows she is.
Emily went to the doctor the other day for her 2-month checkup, and she's doing very well. She is now 23 inches tall, and she weighs 12 pounds!! (and 1 ounce!)
She got her immunization shots, and was not at all happy about it, but on the whole she was a very brave little girl. She didn't cry for very long; she slept most of the rest of the day, and ran just a little bit of fever and was just a little bit fussy the next day.
Now we're all back to normal - with our smiley, happy baby! Right now she's talking to Ken, telling him all about what she's going to do today while he's at work. It sounds like she has some big plans for the day - hope I can keep up!
We just had our first Easter, and it snowed! We had fun though. Grampa and Nana Jo were here last week and they brought an Easter basket with more "big girl" clothes in it from Nana Jo & Aunt Meaghan. Then we went with them to the mall to see the Easter Bunny.
Then on Sunday Emily got all dressed up in a pretty new white dress, and we took her to our church in its new location, in a big new building (well, the building itself isn't new, but it's the new church.) She got to go to the nursery and play with a bunch of nice ladies and other babies. It was really neat & we can't wait to go back again!
Emily's little bed has a teddy bear mobile that hangs over it, and when I put her on the changing platform to change her diaper, I've started winding it up and letting it play for her. She thinks those bears are the coolest thing ever!
What's funny is that the mobile plays "Rockabye Baby", and I find myself singing along in my head - but I always sing the wrong words! I'm such a nerd, the words that first come to my mind are the ones from Through The Looking Glass:
Hushabye Lady in Alice's lap
Till the feast's ready, we've time for a nap
When the feast's over, we'll go to the ball
Red Queen, and White Queen, and Alice, and all!
Actually, I kinda like those words better...they're definitely more relaxing than a rhyme about falling out of a tree!
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We went to Midland yesterday to see my grandmother (Mamaw) and Aunt Ruby & Uncle Jim, since none of them had had a chance to meet Emily yet.
Mamaw's husband was my Granddad. Unfortunately he never did get to meet Emily; he died just a few hours after she was born. That's where Emily got her middle name, Laverne - Granddad's name was LaVern.
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We had a good visit. Everybody loved Emily, of course, and she got a lot of presents - "big girl" clothes! (size 3-6 months.) Everybody took turns lovin' on her and taking pictures, and after we visited for awhile, Mamaw gave her a bottle. Then, while we were getting ready to take some more pictures, Mamaw laid her down on the dining table, and she seemed to think that was pretty neat!
All in all, it was a fun day - and by the time we got home, Emily was one worn-out little girlie!
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P.S. Today is Aunt Meaghan's birthday - Happy Birthday, Aunt Meaghan!!
I got to listen to a really good piece of music today - a song Mom really likes, called "In The Hall Of The Mountain King."
We're trying to get into a routine. After my daddy goes to work in the morning, I'm usually wide awake, so I sit with Mom while she eats breakfast & plays on the computer a little bit. After a while I get bored with that, so we go back to the bedroom & I get my second breakfast. (Mom & Dad say I eat like a hobbit - whatever that is.) Then Mama plays with me! I get to go on my tummy on the bed. Everything looks very different when you're on your tummy. I can hold up my head and lift myself up partway with one arm, and Mama says that's real good, but I keep trying to do more and I just can't quite manage it...so I get frustrated sometimes.
After lunchtime, I'm usually sleepy again, so Mom lets me lie in her big bed with her, and we watch TV until we fall asleep. After our nap, Mama changes the TV to play music. Sometimes we listen to silly songs that make my mom laugh and bob her head up & down, and she dances me around the room. Sometimes it's a bunch of girl singers with guitars & Mom sings the songs to me. Today it was classical. The Mountain King song was neat, & we also heard a pretty song by somebody called James Galway. Mama said it was "Annie's Song" and she hummed along in my ear. I liked it, it was pretty - but Mom said we better not let Daddy catch us listening to that. She says he doesn't like John Denver. I don't know who that is... but I wonder what he ever did to my daddy?
